$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/README,v 1.10 2008/04/09 01:00:46 momjian Exp $ Parser ====== This directory does more than tokenize and parse SQL queries. It also creates Query structures for the various complex queries that are passed to the optimizer and then executor. parser.c things start here scan.l break query into tokens scansup.c handle escapes in input strings keywords.c turn keywords into specific tokens gram.y parse the tokens and fill query-type-specific structures analyze.c top level of parse analysis for optimizable queries parse_clause.c handle clauses like WHERE, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, ... parse_coerce.c handle coercing expressions to different data types parse_expr.c handle expressions like col, col + 3, x = 3 or x = 4 parse_oper.c handle operators in expressions parse_agg.c handle aggregates, like SUM(col1), AVG(col2), ... parse_func.c handle functions, table.column and column identifiers parse_node.c create nodes for various structures parse_target.c handle the result list of the query parse_relation.c support routines for tables and column handling parse_type.c support routines for data type handling parse_utilcmd.c parse analysis for utility commands (done at execution time)
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Tom Lane authored
where Datum is 8 bytes wide. Since this will break old-style C functions (those still using version 0 calling convention) that have arguments or results of these types, provide a configure option to disable it and retain the old pass-by-reference behavior. Likewise, provide a configure option to disable the recently-committed float4 pass-by-value change. Zoltan Boszormenyi, plus configurability stuff by me.